How to win: Out of Hours Urgent Response Arboriculture Service

About this contract

To reliably deploy a suitably qualified arboriculture team, to include all necessary labour, equipment, plant and vehicles out of hours to attend locations within the borough of Newcastle -under-Lyme within one hour of notification. "Out of hours" is determined to be after 4pm Monday to Friday, all times (24 hours) during Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Required deployment will be required for partially failed, failed or storm damaged or otherwise trees and woodland.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — The Borough Council of Newcastle-under-Lyme scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £20,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins goods work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 5 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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